| 单词 | queencraft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueencraft queencraft n. rare after 18th cent. the art of ruling as a queen; statecraft as practised by a queen; cf. kingcraft n., statecraft n. ΚΠ 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 54 Elizabeth shewing much Queen-Craft, in procuring the votes of the Nobility. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 67 She [sc. Elizabeth I] was well skilled in the Queen-craft. 1713 ‘Philanax Episcopius’ Antidotum Sarisburiense 14 Q. Elizabeth..who had the true Spirit of Queen Craft. 1784 T. Tyers Conversat. Polit. & Familiar xviii. 159 And I was fit for the times I lived in; for they required much simulation and dissimulation, and a great deal of queen-craft. 1982 M. Z. Bradley Mists of Avalon iv. v. 708 I cannot imagine how you have dwelt in Uriens' kingdom as his queen so long, and not learned more of queencraft. < as lemmas |
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